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Smoothwall Express is one the most popular open source Linux firewall distribution which comes at zero cost and is configured through a web-based GUI. Due to its clean and user-friendly interface, it remains the favorite of people who are new to Linux. Its installation is easy and most of the default options can be selected during installation. It also remains popular among geeks as well because of its effective work. Moreover, it runs equally smooth on an obsolete computer as it goes with the latest one.
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Seems like it has been the month of open source music/media players on this blog. First it was VLC, then Clementine and then Miro. Following the trend, this time I thought about writing on another FOSS music player SONGBIRD. Songbird is a free and open source music player. It's an organizer through which you can manage, play and discover the music. This music player is easy to use and highly customizable which makes it the favorite music player of many. It is compatible with multiple platforms and has ability to play multiple formats too.... [More]

Being an open source enthusiast, I always look out for valuable information on open source and whenever I get some I quickly share it with everybody through various sharing platforms on internet. The other day I was surfing videos on internet and I found this video listing top 10 open source software in their respective categories. This list presented in this video resonates with my personal list so I thought of sharing the video on this blog as it can be really helpful for those who are new to open source. NOTE : All the credit goes to the... [More]

Gone are those days when open source software were used only by start-ups and small corporates. Today big companies are using and promoting open source software. Google, the internet search giant uses Linux(modified to cater its own needs) for most of its servers. Also Google is funding open source projects like chromium which forms the backbone of a popular chrome web browser from google. So we see that one of the biggest IT company is both using and contributing to open source. This change in outlook of big corporates towards the open source... [More]